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Comparison

Memgraph vs OrientDB

No clear leader: Memgraph (54.9) and OrientDB (53.6) are within the 5-point margin; treat as a tie. The attribute-by-attribute breakdown below, with a source and date on every value, is the honest way to compare them.

Memgraph full profile →OrientDB full profile →
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Memgraph55
OrientDB54
Score
vioscaleAI score
Memgraph55 / 100medium · 58%
OrientDB54 / 100high · 77%
Pricing
Free tier
Memgraph✓
OrientDB✓
Model
Memgraphfree
OrientDBopen_source
Price level
Memgraphfree
OrientDBfree
Transparent
Memgraph✗
OrientDB✓
Integrations
Count
Memgraph9
OrientDB1
Security
Gdpr
Memgraph✓
OrientDB–
Scorecard
Memgraph–
OrientDB6.3
Vulnerabilities
Reliability
Status page
Memgraph–
OrientDB✓
Adoption
Dependent repos
Memgraph0
OrientDB569
Github stars
Memgraph4,617
OrientDB4,991
Package downloads weekly
Memgraph–
OrientDB955
Activity
Commits last 30d
Memgraph100
OrientDB64
Release
Cadence days
Memgraph18
OrientDB32
History
Memgraph20 items
OrientDB20 items
License
Spdx
Memgraph–
OrientDBApache-2.0
Language
Primary
MemgraphC++
OrientDBJava
Market
Availability
Content
Faq
Memgraph7 items
OrientDB5 items

Capabilities

Feature-by-feature on the axes that matter for graph databases. “-” means undocumented, not absent.

Model
Graph model
MemgraphProperty graph
OrientDBProperty graph
Query language(s)
MemgraphCypher
OrientDBOrient SQL (implied)
Transactions
ACID transactions
MemgraphFull
OrientDBFull
Consistency model
MemgraphStrong
OrientDB-
Architecture
Storage
MemgraphNative graph
OrientDBNative graph
Distributed / scale
MemgraphClustered
OrientDBClustered
Replication / HA
Memgraph✓
OrientDB✓
OLTP vs OLAP
MemgraphBoth
OrientDBBoth
Deployment
Deployment
MemgraphSelf-hosted
OrientDBSelf-hosted
Search
Full-text search
MemgraphBuilt-in
OrientDBVia index
Built-in vector search
Memgraph✓
OrientDB✗
Licensing
Licence class
MemgraphPermissive OSS
OrientDB-
Portability
openCypher / TinkerPop standard
Memgraph✓
OrientDB✓

What each one is

The product in its own terms, so the numbers below have context.

Memgraph

A high-performance, in-memory database designed for real-time graph queries and reasoning in AI applications. It combines sub-millisecond traversals with native vector search, ACID transactions, and streaming data connectors for fraud detection, network analysis, and AI augmentation.

Independently observed

OrientDB

An open-source database that unifies multiple data models in one system, including graphs, documents, and text indexing, with flexible schema options.

Independently observed

Pricing

List pricing as published by each vendor, with the date we read it. Always verify at the source before you buy.

Memgraph

FreeFree tier

Community Edition is free. Enterprise and managed cloud pricing available upon request.

  • Community EditionFree
    • Cypher query language
    • Python client libraries
    • LangChain and LlamaIndex integrations
    • 40+ graph algorithms
as of verify ↗

OrientDB

from €1000/moHybridFree tier

Free open-source. Paid support from €1,000/month.

  • CommunityFree
    • Discussion
    • Issue Tracker
    • Documentation
  • Basic€1,000/month
    • Direct Support by mail
    • Query Support
  • Advanced€4,000/month
    • Support on Upgrade
    • Emergency Patch
    • Security Escalation
    • Application Model Definition
  • ConsultancyContact sales
    • On Site Support
    • Custom consultancy
as of verify ↗

Platform & deployment

Where each product runs and how it can be hosted. A dash means undocumented, not unsupported.

Platforms
Web
Memgraph✓
OrientDB✗
macOS
Memgraph✓
OrientDB✗
Windows
Memgraph✓
OrientDB✓
Linux
Memgraph✓
OrientDB✓
CLI
Memgraph✓
OrientDB✗
Deployment
Cloud / SaaS
Memgraph✓
OrientDB✗
Self-hosted
Memgraph✓
OrientDB✓

Integrations

What each product connects to. Counts come from the vendor's own integration directory where one exists.

Memgraph

15 total
  • Kafka
  • Pulsar
  • Redpanda
  • Cognee
  • AWS (via Marketplace)
  • LangChain
  • LlamaIndex
  • OpenAI
  • Cohere
  • Apache Spark
  • Kerberos
  • LDAP
  • MCP
  • LiteLLM
  • Neo4j
Independently observed

OrientDB

1 total
  • Gremlin Server (TinkerPop)
Independently observed
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Memgraph or OrientDB: which one depends on you

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